The higher power relationship scale: A validation

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 81-95

  Rowan, Noell L ^a   Faul, Anna C ^a   Cloud, Richard N ^a   Huber, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Chemically dependent clients; Higher power; Measurement; Reliability; Scales; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751505466     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J160v06n03_07     Document Type: Article

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